Dell Latitude E6410 User Review Discussion

Two years ago I bought a Latitude E6400 and shared my findings (see my review here). It has provided two years of trouble-free service in a range of countries and conditions. However, the time has come for me to consider replacing it with something newer and, hopefully, faster and the logical contender for this role is the E6410. Fortunately Dell has had the wisdom to keep the 16:10 display for this model).

However, I was not desperate for a replacement and I could afford to wait until stock from Dell Outlet arrived in UK. Contrary to most computer-related goods, the cost of a configured E6410 ordered direct from Dell UK is higher than the equivalent E6400 from two years ago. Finally, discounted UK E6410s started to show up in late August 2010. I found one on ebay that met most of my requirements including being red. I've liked red ever since owning a Samsung Q35 and more recently purchased a red Dell Latitude E4300. So how does the E6410 compare to its predecessor? Read on ...

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John,
Thanks for your reviews always insightful. I am trying to choose a durable portable laptop I will give to relatives ot use in Philippines. Do you know if the 3 year Dell Warranty would be useable there - buying from Dell outlet in USA. Thanks again for great review.

Gary

 

Kudos for the excellent review!

 

good work! given the quality of your posts in the dell forums, the bar for this review was set high

 

I have the Dell Latitude D860 from about 4 years ago. I spent several years working out of town and lugging that brick through the airport twice a week. Uhg! never again it is setting on my desk hooked up to a Samsung monitor and remote keyboard and mouse, hasen't moved in a year. The Latitude is so heavy and the battery time is so short that I went out and purchased an Acer 1410 which was stolen and now an Acer 1830T for the ultra portable. 3 pounds of fun. I will never have a heavy laptop with short battery life again.

 

Excellent review, John; exquisitely detailed as I would expect from an engineer.

The E6410 is about as well-rounded of a notebook as you can get and I have recommended it more times than I can count. You can get one for easily less than $800-900 from the Dell Outlet with an as-new warranty.

 

Great review John. Dell did address some issues that bothered E6400 and still we have good 16:10 LCD. Sounds great.

 

Very thorough review and good read. Also glad that Dell kept the 16:10 LCD around

 

they would. these laptops are for work use not really a multimedia laptop for people to watch movies. I have an E6500. 1920x1200. love that screen. my hp dv6tse 1366x768...junk and now its too late to get rid of....:-(

 

Not necessarily. Even a lot of business and work notebooks are going to 16:9. Apart from a few MSI models, the only 16:10 notebooks left all seem to be 17" models.

 

i dont know lenovo and dell still carries a lot of 1440x900 and 1920x1200 for all the laptops we order for our office. T410 and e6400/6500

 

The E6400/6500 are older models (note the C2D processors), although the T410 is a nice catch.

 

Thinking about getting a couple of these in outlet but I am seeing processors that appear very close in speed - i450, i520, i540 and i560 I believe htat right. Any great performance difference that I should be concerned about - getting for just normal browsing and office use. Thanks.

Gary

 

All of those processors are more than powerful enough for general use; just get the one that costs the least.

 

Well, Dell just narrowed down the selection of processors to just three:

i3-380M
i5-580M
i7-640M

The really confusing part is that Dell describes the i3-380M as having "Turbo Boost Technology," which seems to be at odds with Intel's published specs.

 

The i5-520M used to be standard, before the i3 downgrade and price increase, and represented a very nice compromise between battery power and performance. Currently, I'm not sure I'd pay to upgrade to the i5-580M, since $150 seems a little steep for the upgrade. I'm also not all that crazy about the idea of an i3 in a fairly pricey notebook.

 

Again, for your stated uses, you won't notice any benefit from going up to a faster CPU.

 

The i3-380M is actually quite powerful; it has a 2.53GHz clock. I agree, spending $150 for the i5-580M is a bit much. It will only be significantly faster in certain instances (it can turbo boost to 3.33GHz in single-threaded applications). In everyday usage and even some moderately demanding applications . . . not noticeable.

The options on Dell's configuration page change a lot; try calling their sales and see if you can get a different CPU. I ordered a Latitude for a company I worked for and their configurator did not have the options I wanted; I forwarded it to our Dell sales rep and he changed everything for us. They have access to more options.